I stop crying

This collection was created when a girl became a woman. She experienced this as abrupt and brutal, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A sudden confrontation with external, especially male, looks and accompanying remarks forced her to adapt to her external environment. She used to view the bad experiences as weaknesses, but now she wants to use them to draw strength. It's about reclaiming one's body and personal identity, not as an object or commodity. From this desire she created five alter egos that navigate a world where there is no outsidecommentary. Each of them defines its own expression of femininity. And if they were to enter and face the current world, the clothes in place can speak to their activist character.

Photographer: Laura Vleugels

MUA: Eefa Make-up

Hairstylist Robbe Vermaete

Hair-assistant The Relentless barber

Models: Eliza Stuyck, Lola Heuberger, Marthe Perret, Neneh Nje, Sainabou Chan, Dorien De Kesel

Backstage photographer: Jonathan Verschaeve

Assistant: Noe Lagaert